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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Kevin Garnett with Carmelo Anthony make fun of Craig Sager

HOUSTON — Boston Celtics center and Eastern Conference All-Star starter Kevin Garnett who said "No" to the question whether he'd consider waiving his no-trade clause to head to the Los Angeles Clippers in a rumored deal for Eric Bledsoe and DeAndre Jordan before the Feb. 21 trade deadline, make fun with Sager with Carmelo.

Craig Sager interviewed New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony, who'll start alongside Garnett and the Miami Heat trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Sunday's midseason classic, and asked him about whether the dust has truly settled between Anthony and Garnett. As you no doubt remember, the two stars were involved in a Jan. 7 on-court dust-up that wound up heading off-court, as Anthony and Garnett barked at one another by the Celtics' team bus in Madison Square Garden costing Anthony a one-game suspension, but in the aftermath, both Anthony and Garnett insisted there would be no bad blood between them going forward.

Still, with a captive NBA TV audience watching on Saturday, Sager had to ask.

"In the heat of the regular season, obviously, tempers fly and there's a lot of heated arguments," Sager said. "One time during the year, you and Kevin Garnett got into it. As his teammate right now, have you been sharing lockers, sharing stories, getting along with one another?"

Melo immediately turned to call Garnett over.

"I just want to make sure everything's cool with you guys," Sager told Garnett.

"C'mon, man. C'mon, man. C'mon, man," Garnett replied, taking a long hard look at Sager's predictably garish and colorful outfit. "You gonna come in here with that outfit on and ask that type of question?"

As Anthony laughed and Garnett tried to walk away, Sager responded in kind.

"Speaking of outfits, why are you tucking in your pants [into your socks]?" he asked.

"Man, me tucking in socks is nothing compared to this right here," Garnett answered.

"What is this, aqua?" Anthony asked, touching Sager's jacket.

"Yeah, or turquoise," Sager responded.

"What was the influence today? What was your motivation for wearing this today?" Garnett asked.